Mercedes Ruehl
Born
February 28, 1948 (77 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Queens, New York, USA
Mercedes J. Ruehl is an American screen, stage, and television actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, two Obie Awards, and two Outer Critics Circle Awards.
Her most acclaimed film role was in The Fisher King; her performance in the film earned her the 1991 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as an American Comedy Award, a Boston Society of Film Critics Award, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and a Golden Globe.
Ruehl is known for her leading performance in the play Lost in Yonkers (1990) and supporting performance in the film The Fisher King (1991). Her other film credits include Big (1988), Married to the Mob (1988), Last Action Hero (1993), Roseanna's Grave (1997), and Hustlers (2019). She also played the mother of main character Vincent Chase in HBO's Entourage.
The Nana Project
Nana
2023
Disclosure
Self (archive footage)
2020
Chu and Blossom
Mrs. Fefterg
2014
Doubt
Mrs. Syd Newman
2013
Doctors of the Dark Side
Narrator
2011
Loving Leah
Janice
2009
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Sylvia Guerrero
2006
Mom at Sixteen
Terry Jeffries
2005
Zeyda and the Hitman
Esther
2004
Bad Apple
Lorraine Gibbons
2004
Guilt by Association
Susan Walker
2002
The Amati Girls
Grace
2001
The Lost Child
Rebecca
2000
More Dogs Than Bones
Victoria 'Vic' Galletti
2000
What's Cooking?
Elizabeth Avila
2000
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
Jane Newhall
2000
Out of the Cold
Tina
1999
The Minus Man
Jane
1999
Gia
Kathleen Carangi
1998
Roseanna's Grave
Roseanna
1997
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Lael Rubin
1995
On Hope
1994
Last Action Hero
Irene Madigan
1993
Lost in Yonkers
Bella Kurnitz
1993
The Fisher King
Anne
1991
Another You
Elaine
1991
Crazy People
Dr. Liz Baylor
1990
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Party Guest (uncredited)
1989
Slaves of New York
Samantha
1989
Married to the Mob
Connie Russo
1988
Big
Mrs. Baskin
1988
The Secret of My Success
Sheila
1987
84 Charing Cross Road
Kay
1987
Twisted
Cybelle
1985
Mom's On Strike
Sandy
1984
The Warriors
Policewoman
1979
People Not Places
Accused
Connie · (1 episode)
2023
Hustlers
Mother
2019
New Amsterdam
Grace · (1 episode)
2018
Bull
Judge Tessa Hudson · (1 episode)
2016
Bull
Judge Hudson · (2 episodes)
2016
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
Self
2016
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Self
2015
Life in Pieces
Mia · (1 episode)
2015
The Mysteries of Laura
Val Santiani · (1 episode)
2014
Star Spangled Banners
Rosalind Banner
2013
Monday Mornings
Judge Beverly Natheson · (1 episode)
2013
2 Broke Girls
Olga · (1 episode)
2011
Goldstar, Ohio
Adriana Rock
2010
Psych
Detective Goochberg · (1 episode)
2006
Entourage
Rita Chase · (1 episode)
2004
NCIS
Marie Quinn · (1 episode)
2003
Widows
Dolly Rawlins · (4 episodes)
2002
Spooky House
Boss
2002
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lucia Barba · (1 episode)
1999
Subway Stories
Leyla (segment "Underground")
1997
North Shore Fish
Florence
1997
Frasier
Kate Costas · (5 episodes)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1993
Law & Order
Zina Rybakov · (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order
Clara Lloyd · (1 episode)
1990
Leader of the Band
Miss Cooper
1987
Radio Days
Ad Man
1987
Heartburn
Eve
1986
The Cosby Show
Bernadette Foley · (1 episode)
1984
Kate & Allie
(1 episode)
1984
Four Friends
Woman in Taxi
1981
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
American girl in casino
1976
ABC Afterschool Special
Sandy · (1 episode)
1972
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
1962
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rebecca · (1 episode)
1951